diff --git a/group_vars/all.yml.sample b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
index 8c1911254..b5036fbb0 100644
--- a/group_vars/all.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/all.yml.sample
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ dummy:
 # For https, you should set dashboard.crt/key and grafana.crt/key
 # If you define the dashboard_crt and dashboard_key variables, but leave them as '',
 # then we will autogenerate a cert and keyfile
-#dashboard_protocol: http
+#dashboard_protocol: https
 #dashboard_port: 8443
 #dashboard_admin_user: admin
 #dashboard_admin_user_ro: false
diff --git a/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample b/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
index 3bf04034f..844ff2c8e 100644
--- a/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
+++ b/group_vars/rhcs.yml.sample
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ ceph_docker_registry_auth: true
 # For https, you should set dashboard.crt/key and grafana.crt/key
 # If you define the dashboard_crt and dashboard_key variables, but leave them as '',
 # then we will autogenerate a cert and keyfile
-#dashboard_protocol: http
+#dashboard_protocol: https
 #dashboard_port: 8443
 #dashboard_admin_user: admin
 #dashboard_admin_user_ro: false
diff --git a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
index 536f7eb85..d09a9c161 100644
--- a/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/ceph-defaults/defaults/main.yml
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ dashboard_enabled: True
 # For https, you should set dashboard.crt/key and grafana.crt/key
 # If you define the dashboard_crt and dashboard_key variables, but leave them as '',
 # then we will autogenerate a cert and keyfile
-dashboard_protocol: http
+dashboard_protocol: https
 dashboard_port: 8443
 dashboard_admin_user: admin
 dashboard_admin_user_ro: false